The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21. OSEP, directly and through its partners and grantees, develops a wide range of research-based products, publications, and resources to assist states, local district personnel, and families to improve results for students with disabilities. LEARN MORE
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The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has a new resource listing its Technical Assistance Centers including new centers that were funded in FY 2023.
On October 25, 2023 OSERS hosted the first of its 2023-2024 symposia series with an opportunity for the field to meet and join OSERS in the challenge to raise expectations, engage families earlier, and fully empower all individuals who support transition services to improve postschool outcomes for children and youth with disabilities and their families. The archived webinar has been posted to the Expect, Engage, Empower page and additional resources have been added to the database.
OSERS/OSEP released guidance that describes practices in early childhood and school programs that can be used to prevent and respond to interfering behavior. Schools and early childhood programs can use the guidance to support children with disabilities and address disparities in the use of exclusionary discipline.
The archive of the webinar series along with resources from the presenters is now available on the Smart Beginnings webpage. OSEP hosted the three-day virtual mini-conference on August 15 – 17, 2023 which provided participants the opportunity to learn about resources for supporting children with disabilities heading into the new learning year.
Leadership Conference
The Leadership Conference enhances leadership roles through opportunities to hear from experts in the field and to learn about evidence-based practices that will support participants’ ability to improve results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities and their families.
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The Project Directors’ Conference supports OSEP’s goal of improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities, and their families.
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Each year, OSEP conducts a virtual Symposia Series to provide high-quality, timely, and evidence-based strategies focused on improving performance in a specific topic.
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